French language education inNunavut

The French-Language School Board of Nunavut has one school with nearly 100 students from kindergarten to grade 12. No other school board in this territory offers full-time French-language teaching. French-language teaching is offered in Nunavut’s capital, Iqualuit. Services offered by the French-language school board include:

Daycare services during and after school hours

Tutoring for students with special needs, French as a second-language remedial tutoring and an after-school homework program

Laptops for every student

SMART Boards (interactive whiteboards connected to a computer)

A back- to-school summer camp

A modern school built to sustain extreme cold weather and able to maximize natural lighting

The northernmost francophone school in the world

There are no services in French in Nunavut related to postsecondary education, literacy and adult continuing education.